Migration woes

The government must come up with plans to reintegrate foreign employment returnees and aspirants.

In the wake of Covid-19, two things were imminent right from the start when it came to Nepal’s flow of remittance: Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis working abroad would be forced to return home, and there would be a sudden decline in outmigration. Latest government data already shows that there is a slump in the issuance of labour permits. A total of 368,433 labour permits were issued to aspiring migrant workers during 2019-20, compared to 508,828 during the previous fiscal (2018-19), according to the Department of Foreign Employment.